Pope, Thomas A Treatise on Bridge Architecture; In Which The Superior Advantages of the Flying Pendent Lever Bridge Are Fully Proved. With an Historical Account and Description of Different Bridges Erected in Various Parts of the World, from an Early Period, Down to the Present Time. New York, Printed for the Author, by Alexander Niven, 1811. first edition, octavo, 288 pp., 18 plates, original leather backed orange paper boards, text is untrimmed and partially uncut the text and plates are also foxed and browned, some shelf wear and rubbing to binding, otherwise a very good copy. Pope's work is divided into four parts: Part I: Historical account of the sundry bridges erected in different parts of the world; Part II: Mathematical Description of the flying pendent lever bridge as invented by the author; Part III: General Remarks on the Nature and Strength of Timber.; Part IV: A description of the Author's patent bar arc for buildings. This work, which contains Pope's plans for a great "flying pendent lever bridge" over the Hudson, is the second American book on the subject of bridge building, the first being a 1797work by Charles Wilson Peale. Pope was also an accomplished ship builder and landscape architect. His patented design, although unappreciated in his time, became the basis for the cantilever bridge. A rare American work on bridge building. American Imprints 23721; Condit, American Building Art, pp., 86-87; Hitchcock 947; Rink, Technical Americana, 2658; Sabin 64123 Price: USD 1,750.00 other currencies   order no. 58    inquire

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